Mary Emmons

Mary Emmons
Bornc. 1760
Calcutta, India
Diedc. 1832
Philadelphia, United States
Children

Mary Emmons (c. 1760 – c. 1832), also known as Eugénie Beauharnais,[1][2] was an Indian woman born in Calcutta who worked as a servant in the household of Theodosia Bartow Prevost. While working as a servant, she had a relationship with Theodosia's second husband, American Founding Father and Vice President Aaron Burr, by whom she had two children: a daughter, Louisa Charlotte, born 1788, and a son, John Pierre Burr, born 1792.[3]

  1. ^ Ballard, Allen B. (29 September 2011). One More Day's Journey: The Story of a Family and a People. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4620-5283-7.
  2. ^ Burr, Sherri. "Aaron Burr Jr. and John Pierre Burr: A Founding Father and his Abolitionist Son". slavery.princeton.edu. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ip, Greg (5 October 2005). "Fans of Aaron Burr Find Unlikely Ally In a 'New' Relative". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 25 September 2020.